Thursday, June 16, 2011

This summer is flying by ... one moment it's barely Spring, and as I look at my calendar today I find that the Fourth of July is just around the corner.

But, I guess time really does fly when you're having fun.

So far this summer we have been busy ...

{We've gone to baseball games}

{We've played baseball games}

{We've cooled off with water gun fights}

{That is, when we weren't cooling off with ice cream cones}

{We've partied like rock stars}

{And Mommy and Daddy escaped for a much-needed vacation to The Bahamas with Grammy Jo, Papa, Uncle Lambo and KK while the little man went to Nana's ... but don't tell the little man we were at the beach without him!}

My (extra)ordinary life ...

I grew up in a small(ish) Kansas town. I was the girl with the big dreams of running off to California and becoming a famous journalist. Instead, life happened. I did become a journalist, just not in California ... and definitely not famous. Although it may seem as if my life is ordinary to passersby on the street (and even some of my oldest and dearest friends), I guess I would just have to say that ordinary is in the eye of the beholder. I am currently embarking on my greatest adventure yet - which is shared in this blog. It all started at 8:42 p.m. December 21, 2005. He was 7 lbs, 3 ozs. and had a head full of strawberry blond hair ...